Samaikalam Vanga

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

I was looking for a salad which will be colorful, tasty , nutritious etc.. So as if to prove that whatever we wish for will happen , my friend Rama told me a recipe which I was looking for... This salad is the most delicious one I ever had in a long time. It is very appealing to our senses... colorful to our eyes.. very appetising...those who are very nutrition and diet concious can definetly try this.... Others also can try this for they can have a very different and satisfying lunch with this salad.

Ingredients

Soaked and Boiled Groundnut

1/2 Cup

Sprouted Green Gram

1 Cup

Onion finely chopped

1

Tomato finely chopped

2

Cucumber finely chopped

1

Capsicum red,yellow,green

combined 1/2 or 1 cup

Carrot chopped

2

Green Chilly finely chopped(optional)

1

lemon juice

1/2 lemon squeezed

Salt

As per requirement

Wash and soak green gram for atleast 7 hours and then drain the water. You can leave it as it is after draining the water as moong beans will start sprouting.just close it with a lid. otherwise after draining the water,put the soaked green gram in a cloth and tie it. leave it for overnight. fresh sprouted green gram is ready.

Soak the groundnuts overnight. then boil it and keep aside. now finely chop the vegetables given in the table above. In a big bowl add the sprouts,boiled groundnuts,vegetables,salt,lemon juice and toss. Serve immediately and enjoy the delicious salad!!!!!

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Carrot juice
Every one would have heard about carrot halwa which will be delicious!! Have you prepared carrot juice with cardomom? Carrot juice with just a hint of cardomom flavor will be delicious and you will yearn for it more!

Method:
Peel the carrots and cut into length wise or as per your wish. I had a juice so I cut it length wise. put it in the juicer and extract the juice. mix sugar and cardomon powder. stir it well and serve chilled. If you want it diluted add little water. If you are not using Juicer ,blend it in the mixie and strain.

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

One day we had this palak soup prepared by our friend Maithreyi which was absolutely delicious . I was wondering... will I be able to make this soup as delicious as her. So I got this recipe from her. I would say it came out well. In summer its very difficult to cook a full fledged meals. so besides fruit juices,we can have soups and fruits for lunch which will be fulfilling.

Ingredients

1.Palak 2 bunches

2.Onion 2 chopped

3.tomatoes 3 chopped

4.garlic pods 6-7

5.green chillies-2

6.salt as per the requirement

7.pepper as per the requirement

8. spring onions - 1 bunch.

9.coriander a few sprigs.

10. oil 1 tbsp

METHOD

Heat oil in a pan and add chopped onion. saute it for few minutes. then add garlic,green chillies ,tomatoes and palak. let it get sauteed for 10 minutes. let it cool and grind it to a paste add water if the paste is thick. If you want you can strain using a steel strainer. I didn't strain it. then chop the spring onion finely. Again add oil in a pan and add spring onion's white part and saute it. After the onion got sauteed,add the ground palak and stir. you should add water to the palak to get the soup consistency.Add salt. let it get boiled after some time put the chopped spring onion and coriander sprigs.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Ramya and I were discussing about side dishes for chappathis . Suddenly I had this recipe in my mind which I saw in Sharmis Passion . It was a very easy to make recipe and came out very well. Paneer Kurma can be used for Chappathis, Pooris, Idiyappams, Appams etc. I just added a bit more Onions and tomatoes varying from the original recipe.

Preparation Method
Grind the ingredients given under the paste category. Heat oil in a pan and put cinnamon,cloves,elaichi. saute with onion and after the onions becomes sauted add tomotoes. let the tomatoes get cooked. then add the ground paste and 1 cup of water. add turmeric powder and chilli powder and let it boil for few minutes or till the oil comes out. Then add garam masala and fresh cream. garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot with phulkas.

Monday, January 7, 2013

This is one dish we all in our family enjoy eating. we will sit around the table to break the dosas into chunks while chatting. one will prepare the dosas and others will make chunks from these dosas. My grand mom will tell the stories about her mom preparing this dish. It will be fun watching her.

Now whenever I prepare this dish those memories will bring a smile to my face.I posted this recipe long back and again reposting and submitting this recipe for Gayathri's Walk Through Memory Lane

Method:
Soak boiled rice and grind it into batter . while grinding add salt. Prepare dosas from this batter and keep it aside. Let the dosas get cooled and break all the dosas into small chunks. Keep it aside.
While preparing dosas cook tur dhall with turmeric powder. Heat a big pan or wok and add oil . Put mustard seeds, urid dhall, red chillies, garlic and curry leaves . Let all the ingredients turn golden brown then add the cooked tur dhall .
Add salt and let it boil for sometimes then add the dosa chunks into the dhall and mix well. Blend all the dosa chunks into the dhall well. Let it get heated for few more minutes. Serve hot.

Friday, January 4, 2013

Hungry! want to prepare something quickly to eat ! try aval upma.. it is so easy to make. my MIL taught me this. I knew we can make aval payasam but not upma.. I am reposting this for Shama's Fast food event series- Aval

Method:
Soak aval in water for 15 minutes. Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds. after it splutters add urad dhall let it get brown in color then add onion and curry leaves.saute it. Put turmeric powder and salt.
Strain the soaked aval. It should not contain any water. Then add it to the sauted onion.